Maritime capabilities take lion’s share of Australia’s future defence investment
Australia's Defence Minister Richard Marles simultaneously unveiled the first ever “National Defence Strategy 2024” & the “Integrated Investment Program 2024”...
19 Apr 2024
Australia's Defence Minister Richard Marles simultaneously unveiled the first ever “National Defence Strategy 2024” & the “Integrated Investment Program 2024”...
04 Apr 2024
Chess Dynamics will supply its SeaEagle FCEO surveillance systems for the first batch of the Royal Australian Navy's Hunter class frigates.
02 Apr 2024
Naval News analysis of the Australian surface fleet dilemma and the effort to modernise the RAN with the Tier-2 combatant.
02 Apr 2024
South Australian company Airspeed has been awarded a contract to manufacture and supply Replenishment At Sea (RAS) Stump Masts for the first batch of three Hunter class frigates.
23 Feb 2024
Australia has received and began training with it's first "Smart Sea Mines" according to Air Vice Marshall Leon Phillips, head of GWEO
23 Feb 2024
Austal Australia has been awarded a contract extension for the construction of two additional Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats for the Royal Australian Navy.
21 Feb 2024
Three Royal Australian Navy (RAN) officers began the U.S. Navy’s Submarine Officer Basic Course (SOBC), known commonly as “Submarine School,” where they will learn to tactically employ nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs).
20 Feb 2024
Australia will slash the number of Hunter frigates being bought to free up funding for "Tier 2" small warships that will help double the fleets size.
04 Feb 2024
The Sailors and Officers will embed aboard USS Emory S. Land, one of two U.S submarine tenders based in the Pacific territory, for up to five months.
15 Jan 2024
A review into Australia’s procurement of the Hunter class frigate has found serious issues with the procurement process that led to the BAE Systems Type 26 design being selected for the Royal Australian Navy’s future frigates.